# Crewai with deepseek replicate

**URL:** <https://community.crewai.com/t/crewai-with-deepseek-replicate/6664>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [July 24, 2025, 1:26am UTC](https://community.crewai.com/t/crewai-with-deepseek-replicate/6664 "2025-07-24T01:26:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Shreyas\_Karnad](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.crewai.com/shreyas_karnad/32/4159_2.png) [@Shreyas\_Karnad](https://community.crewai.com/u/Shreyas_Karnad)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 1:26am UTC](https://community.crewai.com/t/crewai-with-deepseek-replicate/6664/1 "2025-07-24T01:26:12Z")

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Hello, I’m trying to run CrewAI using Deepseek replicate which my professor shared with me. Whenever I create project using crewAI create crew command and select either Deepseek or Replicate from LLM list, it does not ask my for API let at all. Even if I manually create env file it’s still not working. How do I get it to run? I really need help on this one.

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**Author:** ![Saunders456](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.crewai.com/saunders456/32/4515_2.png) [@Saunders456](https://community.crewai.com/u/Saunders456)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2025, 7:54am UTC](https://community.crewai.com/t/crewai-with-deepseek-replicate/6664/2 "2025-10-11T07:54:35Z")

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To resolve this, you can manually configure your API key in the `.env` file. For Replicate, you would typically use `REPLICATE_API_TOKEN=your_key_here`. If you continue to face issues, a more reliable method is to configure the LLM directly in your agent’s code using CrewAI’s `LLM` class, which offers greater control.